Monday, November 23, 2015 – New York – Jatta Records is proud to announce the release date for Taj Weekes and Adowa’s much anticipated fifth album. Love Herb & Reggae is slated for release in February 2016 through VPAL, the distribution arm of VP Records. As a timely and even necessary update of the decades-old “sex, drugs and […]
Taken from UNITED REGGAE By Shelah Moody on Saturday, October 31, 2015 – Photos by Lee Abel Legends and new artists shine at the 22nd annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. “Reggae is a verb; it’s not just a music, it’s an action word, it’s a giving word. We don’t sing to get girls; we don’t sing to get big […]
By David Rolland Thu., Sep. 25 2014 at 8:34 AM From the Caribbean island of St. Lucia to the stage at the Funky Biscuit in Boca where he’ll be performing this Friday night with his band Adowa, reggae singer Taj Weekes has undergone a long, interesting musical journey. “We would sing to our parents in the living […]
Le Universal Reggae Festival reversera ses bénéfices à des associations sénégalaises militant pour le recyclage des déchets plastique. Avec Tajweekes, Romy K, un sound system… Créé en 2011 par l’association Aphrika Beat, le Universal Reggae Festival, après un détour en 2013 par le Cabaret Sauvage à Paris, revient sur ses terres natales, à Saint-Denis. Il […]
Love, love, love. It really is all you need. That’s what Taj Weekes believes. And love doesn’t know boundaries. It’s the heartbeat of life. It doesn’t matter who you love, just as long as you do love. That’s the message behind “Here I Stand” the first single from Taj Weekes & Adowa’s fifth album, Love, Herb & Reggae, coming […]
This weekend in live music: Taj Weekes & Andowa, Bruce Springsteen 65th Birthday Tribute & more This weekend in live music: Taj Weekes & Andowa, Bruce Springsteen 65th Birthday Tribute & more Shows this Sat.-Sun., Sept 27-28 Posted By LEILANI POLK on Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 6:00 AM An interesting weekend ahead… Rebelution Reggae Rise Up Festival with Rebelution, Steel […]
By Angus Taylor on Friday, September 26, 2014 Stand by for a new album in 2015. – See more at: http://unitedreggae.com/news/n1759/092614/here-i-stand-by-taj-weekes-adowa#sthash.Cb5zjPVL.dpuf St Lucian singer, poet, activist and all round reggae renaissance man Taj Weekes has been working on a fourth studio album with his band Adowa, Love Herb and Reggae. Originally due in 2014 it is now announced for early […]
Taken From Rolling Stone Occupy Wall Street Album to Feature Tom Morello, Crosby & Nash, Yoko Ono Proceeds from ‘Occupy This Album’ will benefit movement By Rolling Stone January 23, 2012 4:55 PM ET ‘Occupy This Album’ Artwork by Robert Grossman Occupy Wall Street now has an A-list soundtrack: the compilation Occupy This Album, which was announced […]
Jatta Records presents “Taj Weekes, Essence Of An Artist” to introduce the new album release, A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen. This video EPK takes you through Weekes’ creative process in crafting songs for the album as well as provides a window into the many landscapes that make up Weekes’ world – from the stage to touring with his […]
From: Initiative Radio By Angela McKenzie TAJ WEEKES is a singer-songwriter who performs his craft in the Reggae music genre. He is the founder of the not-for-profit organization They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO) which is dedicated to improving the lives of under-privileged, at-risk and orphaned children in the Caribbean through sport, enrichment, educational and wellness […]